The Regional Challenger Cup Qualifier is a single-day event. All teams registered in the Challenger Cup will play a pre-determined number of maps against other teams, in their corresponding group, based on the number of registrants. Details below. The Challenger Cup follows the standards of a Swiss-system tournament. Standings will seed the first set of matches .The team which finished higher in the regular season ladder will be home.  Each match will consist of 1 map. Starting with the Away Team. Teams will alternate bans until 2 maps remain. Then the Home team will select Map or Side. All teams will be ranked by the number of wins (& ties), then by Buchholz, then by +/- points, and finally by points total. If a tie happens, the teams will play a single-elimination map.

Challenger Cup Day 2 - Dec 8th  6 PM EST
The top 2 teams coming from the open qualifiers will play a match in a 'Best of 3' maps format in a single elimination Match. Whichever team finished higher in the open qualifiers will start home. Beginning with the Home team, both sides will  ban up to 1 maps each. A team may decide to not ban a map. then Home gets to decide on choosing a map or choosing side.

8 teams (Rank #1 to #7 from the Regional Season Standings and 1 coming from the Regional Challenger Cup Final) will be split in 2 groups. Each team will play the other teams in their respective group in a Round-robin format. Each match will consist of 2 maps. Whichever team finished higher in the season standings will start home and reversed for the second map. Home gets to decide on choosing a map or choosing side. All teams will be ranked by number of map-wins then by +/- points then by total points. The top 2 teams from each group will be granted a spot for 

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6 teams will participate in a Double-elimination bracket. The team which finished higher in the regular season ladder will be home. 

The Semifinals matches will be 'Best of 3' maps format.

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